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Festivals and Events from Around The World

May 5-6 | Sydney Showground, Australia

Utopia Music Festival
The Utopia Music Festival is a legendary Australian rave party put together just for you by some of Sydney’s foremost electronic-dance-music lovers. The event will feature seven international and 16 local DJs playing the best hard-dance, hard-trance, hard-style, happy hardcore and hardcore cuts currently doing the rounds. www.sydney.com

May 12-August 12
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Yeosu, South Korea

Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea
Don’t miss the opening of Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea, a mega international exposition that is this year expected to draw in over eight million visitors from 100 countries. This global expo aims to promote and generate awareness of the need to preserve oceans and coastal areas, all via a massive exhibition area, which will include the futuristic Theme Pavilion, the first offshore pavilion in Korea.
www.expo2012.kr

May 18-20
| Tokyo, Japan

Sanja Matsuri

This annual festival is held to celebrate the three Shinto gods of the Sensoji Temple. Nearly two million people will visit Asakusa over the three days of the festival to watch lively parades of mikoshi or replica shrines, in which the gods are symbolically carried through the streets by swarms of devotees. www.jnto.go.jp/eng

May 21 - June 7 |
One East ArtSpace, Singapore

La La Land

The La La Land art exhibition is aiming to generate awareness of emerging young artists such as Andre Tan, Soni Irawan, Lee Rui Xiang and Joyce Lee, whose works are influenced by music, design, street and pop cultures. Admission is free. www.oneeastasia.org

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Indonesian Diary
Festivals and Events from Around Indonesia

May 5 - june 15 |
GrandKemang, Jakarta

Indonesian Contemporary Art & DesignReturning for the third time, this art exhibition organised by Artura Insanindo will this year be running under a GEN i Us theme. Indonesian Contemporary Art & Design (ICAD) will present a range of works that combine art and design with fine art, technology and entertainment, and there will also be workshops and art competitions to enjoy. You’ll find this one down at the grandkemang Hotel.
www.i-c-a-d.org

Surabaya, East Java

Cultural and
Flower Parade
Surabaya has now been added to the list of Indonesian cities that can boast their own flower festivals. Created in order to open the celebrations surrounding the 719th anniversary of the establishment of the City of Heroes, the Cultural and Flower Parade will feature a procession of vehicles decorated with flowers and enlivened by various artistic and educational attractions. www.surabaya.go.id

May 16-20
| Jakarta Convention Center, JakartaMade in Indonesia Expo & Conference
A variety of Indonesian products will be on display at this event, which is set to be attended by several institutions from both the government and private sectors. The Made in Indonesia Expo & Conference will exhibit innovative and creative works by Indonesians that are more than able to compete in the international arena. www.jcc.co.id

May 24-27 |
Magelang, Central JavaBorobudur International Hash House Harriers

Around 5,000 people from 45 countries will be participating in this international cross-country running championship. The four categories for competitors are: Short (4-6km), Medium (6-8km), Long (8-12km), and Super Long (12-25km). The International Hash House Harriers is a biennial event that has been held at different venues since 1978. www.interhash2012.com